 | John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood - Arithmetic - 1912 - 406 pages
...the least number that is a multiple of each of the numbers. In other words, the Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of the numbers. Least Common Multiple is denoted by LCM Example l. What is the LCM of 8 and 12 ? Writing... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1912 - 374 pages
...Multiple. The smallest common multiple of two or more numbers is called iheii least common multiple. It is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus 60 is a common multiple of 6 and 10, but the least common multiple is 80. The letters LCM are used... | |
 | Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Nels Johann Lennes - Algebra - 1912 - 300 pages
...be multiplied or divided by the same number without changing its value. 95. Definition. The lowest common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least number which contains as factors all the factors of these numbers. Eg 12 is the LCM of 4 and 6. abc is the... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Arithmetic - 1913 - 144 pages
...more numbers is any multiple of all of them. Thus, 6. 12, 18, etc., are common multiples of 2 and 3. The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least multiple of all of them. Thus, 6 is the least common multiple of 2 and 3. Factoring is the process... | |
 | John Alexander Luman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 366 pages
...divisible by each of them. Thus, 18 is a common multiple of 6, 3 and 2. 162. The least common multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. Thus, 12 is the least common multiple of 3 and 4. 163. A common multiple of two or more numbers contains... | |
 | George E. Mercer, Mabel Bonsall - Arithmetic - 1914 - 324 pages
...or more numbers is a number that exactly contains each of them. 84 is a common multiple of 2 and 7. The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the smallest number that exactly contains each of them. 14 is the LCM of 2 and 7. Name the LCM of: 1. 4... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 268 pages
...can be divided by each of them without a remainder; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 2, 3, and 4. 51. The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the smallest number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder; thus, 20 is the LCM of 2,... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 270 pages
...be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus, 24 is a common multiple of 2, 3, and 4. 51. The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the smallest number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder; thus, 20 is the LCM of 2,... | |
 | Samuel Hamilton - Arithmetic - 1917 - 406 pages
...divisible by each of them ; thus, 36 is a common multiple of 6 and 9. The least common multiple (1. cm) of two or more numbers is the least number that is...by each of them ; thus, 18 is the 1. cm of 6 and 9. Written Work 1. Find the 1. cm of 18, 32, and 40. 18 = 2x3x3 The I. cm of two or more numbers 32 =... | |
 | John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - Arithmetic - 1917 - 352 pages
...are all multiples of 7. A common multiple of two or more numbers is a multiple of each of them. And the least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least multiple common to each of them. Thus, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, etc., are all multiples of 3. And... | |
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The least common multiple (LCM) of two or more numbers is the least number that is exactly divisible by each of them. 
